It’s been a week of podcasts and updates, with not one but two new Chris Perkins vs. Robot Chicken D&D Sessions and the whopping eighty-eight page March Update from WotC!

That update was huge and had tons of rules clarifications, and generated quite a few discussion threads on the message boards. Hailed by some, including yours truly, as more like a “patch” than errata, it definitely changed how some folks will be running their D&D 4E game and playing their favorite Characters. So if you haven’t seen it, you can download the March 2010 Update (pdf), as well as update your Character Builder and Adventure Tools with all the new rules and errata!

• In The Minotaurs of Mistwatch, you can explore the inner workings of minotaur society, and offers new Feats and a new Paragon Path for minotaur player characters.
• Monday’s new excerpt from the upcoming Player’s Handbook 3 reveals an Epic Destiny for the Monk Class – check out the power of the Diamond Soul!
• EN World announces the release of the newest adventure in the War of the Burning Sky campaign saga: Shelter from the Storm is now available to EN World Subscribers!
• Sly Flourish has an excellent discussion of the nature of 4E combat and why DMs should learn to “Relax and let the players enjoy their ability to control the battle” in Losing Control!
• WotC Editor Chris Youngs discusses the process of submitting to Dragon and Dungeon Magazine in Where Do They Come From? “Our Submissions Process De-Mystified”.
• In The Crossroads is a new Chaos Scar Adventure in Dungeon #176, for 2nd Level Characters.
• Chris Youngs, Editor at WotC has penned an editorial for Dungeon Magazine this month, discussing classic “hollywood” monsters in Zombie Style.
• WotC Bill Slavicsek has some announcements for the Ampersand Archive this month in Dragon #385, including their presence at PAX East, and the new updated stat blocks for monsters – check out Beyond Essentials… … And other Deep Thoughts.
• Over at Dice Monkey you can check out the rules for the gambling game player in Forgotten Realms, Eberron and Krynn in Three Dragon Ante for 4E.
• Buccaneer’s Guild is giving away a copy of the new Player’s Handbook 3 – check out the rule at Player’s Handbook 3 Giveaway!
• Wimwick at Dungeon’s Master.com takes a very stern look at an over-sized player race in his blog The Goliath, A Giant Waste.
• Chris Perkins runs D&D for the writers of Robot Chicken and you can check out the newest podcast in Robot Chicken Plays D&D Episode 14.
• Dungeon #176 has some Fantastic Terrain to add to your D&D game – check out the amazing vistas of Elemental Motes.
• WotC Bart Carroll takes a look at some upcoming products, such as Players Handbook 3 in March, Hammerfast and The Plane Above: The Astral Sea in April, and the Player Strategy Guide in May – read all the details in March and Beyond.
• Kobold Quarterly interviews one of the winners of the Adopt-a-Soldier Contest Senior Airman Ian McGonigal, USAF.
• RPGNow is running it’s big 25% off sale, so get over to the GM’s Day Sale going on all this week!
• Item Focus Rituals are a new type of Ritual that uses a magic item as the focus, in order to imbue it with greater temporary powers. Learn all about these new magicks in Ritually Speaking, now in Dragon #385.
• The Seven Fates Archer is the newest excerpt from the upcoming Player’s Handbook 3, introducing a Paragon Path that releases primal spirits with every bowshot in Player’s Handbook 3 Excerpts: The Seeker!
• Critical-Hits.com’s Mike Shea takes a look at another video game for inspiration in D&D Tips from Mass Effect 2.
• Suddry at Dungeon’s Master.com weighs in on the new monster stat clock changes in the blog Wizards Delivers a Killer Monster Makeover.
• Chris Perkins posted another podcast of his D&D game for the writers of Robot Chicken – check out Robot Chicken Plays D&D Episode 15, available now.
• In Questions and Interviews, March News and Reviews are podcast by Bart Carroll, including interviews with Erin Evans, Rich Baker, Liz Schuh, Andy Collins, as well as answers to various polls and more!

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